The 40-page report, “‘My Marriage was Mistake after Mistake’: The Impact of Unregistered Marriages on Women’s and Children’s Rights in Iraq,” documents the impacts of unregistered ...

Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in most cases, but the changes passed Tuesday would let clerics rule according to their interpretation of Islamic law.

Amnesty International on Thursday called for Iraqi lawmakers to drop proposed amendments to the Personal Status Law in Iraq, which codifies the rules of marriage and family matters in the country. The ...

On Tuesday, Iraqi lawmakers passed amendments to the 1959 Personal Status Law that allow clerics to rule in family matters, such as marriage, according to their interpretation of Islamic law.

Iraq passes bill that critics say legalises child marriage. Activists argue the new laws will erode safeguards for women.

Thus began their mutaa, or enjoyment marriage, a temporary union Shiites believe to be sanctioned by Islamic law. The practice began 1400 years ago, in what is now Iraq and in other parts of the ...

A proposed bill in Iraq's parliament has sparked widespread outrage and concern, as it seeks to reduce the legal age of marriage for girls to just 9 years old.